Stephen Baxter bibliography explained

This is the complete bibliography of British science fiction author Stephen Baxter.

Xeelee Sequence

See main article: Xeelee Sequence.

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Raft1991Nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the Locus Award for Best First Novel, 1992[1]
Timelike Infinity1992 
Flux1993 
Ring1994 
Vacuum Diagrams1997Philip K. Dick Award winner, 1999[2] Short story collection.
Reality Dust2000Novella (first published by PS Publishing as trade paperback and hardcover; both limited; later collected in Resplendent)
Riding the Rock2002Novella (first published by PS Publishing as trade paperback and hardcover; both limited; later collected in Resplendent)
Mayflower II2004Novella (first published by PS Publishing as trade paperback and hardcover; both limited; later collected in Resplendent)
Starfall2009Novella (first published by PS Publishing as hardcover and jacketed hardcover; both limited; later collected in )
Gravity Dreams2011 (signed edition)Novella (first published by PS Publishing as hardcover and signed hardcover; both limited; later collected in )
2015Collection of short stories and novellas.
2017
2018

Destiny's Children

The Destiny's Children series is part of the Xeelee Sequence.

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Coalescent2003Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 2004[3]
Exultant2004 
Transcendent2005John W. Campbell Memorial Award nominee, 2006[4]
Resplendent2006Collection of short stories and novellas.

NASA Trilogy

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Voyage[5] 1996Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1997[6]
Titan1997Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1998[7]
Moonseed1998 

The Web Series

Baxter contributed two books to this series for young adults. See The Web (series)

Manifold Trilogy

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1999Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 2000[8]
2000 
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Phase Space2002Short story collection.

Mammoth Trilogy

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Silverhair1999Young adult
Longtusk1999Young adult
Icebones2001Young adult
Behemoth2004Omnibus edition of the Mammoth Trilogy

A Time Odyssey (co-authored with Arthur C. Clarke)

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Time's Eye2003 
Sunstorm2005 
Firstborn2007 

Time's Tapestry

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Emperor2006 
Conqueror2007 
Navigator2007 
Weaver2008 

Flood/Ark

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Flood2008British Science Fiction Association Award nominee, 2008[9]
Ark2009 
Landfall2015 

Northland Trilogy

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Stone Spring2010 
Bronze Summer2011 
Iron Winter2012 

The Long Earth (co-authored with Terry Pratchett)

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The Long Earth2012Co-authored with Terry Pratchett.
The Long War2013Co-authored with Terry Pratchett.
The Long Mars2014Co-authored with Terry Pratchett
The Long Utopia2015Co-authored with Terry Pratchett
The Long Cosmos2016Co-authored with Terry Pratchett

Proxima

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Proxima2013Science Fiction
Ultima2014Science Fiction

World Engines

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2019In the near future Earth has recovered from the climate crisis. But in the far future an inexorable threat approaches, itself a relic of the deep past, and of the World Engines that created the planets.
2020Trapped on an alternate Earth, the combined crews of a crashed Russian spaceship, a British expeditionary force and a group of strays from the future must work together to survive, escape, and discover what led them to this point.

Standalone novels

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Anti-Ice1993Alternate history
The Time Ships1995BSFA Award winner, 1995;[10] John W. Campbell Award winner, 1996;[11] Philip K. Dick Award winner, 1996; Hugo, Locus, Clarke, and British Fantasy Awards nominee, 1996Alternate history. An authorised sequel to H. G. Wells's The Time Machine.
The Light of Other Days[12] [13] 2000Co-authored with Arthur C. Clarke.
Evolution2002 
The H-Bomb Girl2007Young adult
Doctor Who: The Wheel of Ice2012Doctor Who novel
The Medusa Chronicles2016Co-authored with Alastair Reynolds; sequel to Arthur C. Clarke's A Meeting with Medusa.
The Massacre of Mankind2017An authorised sequel to H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds.
Galaxias2021"What would you do if the Sun went out? In this standalone novel, a near-future Earth faces a devastating cosmic intervention."
The Thousand Earths2022"An exploration of deep time, two stories intertwined spanning five billion years."
Creation Node2023ISBN 9781473228955
Fortress Sol2024ISBN 9781399614610

Unrelated collections

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Traces1998Short story collection.
The Hunters of Pangaea200418 stories and five essays on science and science fiction.
Obelisk2016Collection of 17 stories, four of which are set in the Proxima/Ultima universe.

Short fiction

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"The Saddle Point Sequence"1996Science Fiction Age (Jul 1996)
"Last Contact"2007The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction
"Formidable Caress"2009Analog 129/12 (Dec 2009)The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year : Volume Four, ed. Jonathan Strahan (Night Shade Books, 2010)
"Return to Titan"2010Godlike Machines, Jonathan Strahan, ed.[14] The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-eighth Annual Collection, Gardner Dozois, ed., (St. Martin's Griffin, NY, 2011)
"The Invasion of Venus"2010Engineering Infinity, edited by Jonathan Strahan[15] [16] [17]
"Going Up the Blue"2019Scarlet Traces: An Anthology Based on War of the Worlds

Non-fiction

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Deep Future2001Science based examination of possible human futures.
Omegatropic2001Mainly science fiction criticism.
Revolutions in the Earth2003 (UK) James Hutton and the True Age of the World[18]
Ages in Chaos2004 (United States)James Hutton and the Discovery of Deep time
The Science of Avatar2011Examines the concepts used in the 2009 film Avatar.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1992 Award Winners & Nominees. Worlds Without End. 15 May 2009.
  2. Web site: 1999 Award Winners & Nominees. Worlds Without End. 15 May 2009.
  3. Web site: 2004 Award Winners & Nominees. Worlds Without End. 15 May 2009.
  4. Web site: 2006 Award Winners & Nominees. Worlds Without End. 15 May 2009.
  5. News: Staff . Men go to Mars in alternate-history novel . 10 July 2016 . . Associated Press . 34 . subscription . Newspapers.com . 16 February 1997 .
  6. Web site: 1997 Award Winners & Nominees. Worlds Without End. 15 May 2009 .
  7. Web site: 1998 Award Winners & Nominees. Worlds Without End. 15 May 2009.
  8. Web site: 2000 Award Winners & Nominees. Worlds Without End. 15 May 2009.
  9. Web site: 2008 Award Winners & Nominees. Worlds Without End. 15 May 2009.
  10. Web site: 1995 Award Winners & Nominees. Worlds Without End. 15 May 2009.
  11. Web site: 1996 Award Winners & Nominees. Worlds Without End. 15 May 2009.
  12. News: Sparrow . Susan J. . (no title) . The Library File . 10 July 2016 . Ukiah Daily Journal . 27 July 2000 . 3 . Newspapers.com . Ukiah, California . subscription .
  13. News: Berthel . Ron . Author's admirer becomes her biographer . 10 July 2016 . . Associated Press . 19 March 2000 . 54 . subscription . Hazelton, Pennsylvania . Newspapers.com .

  14. "Return to Titan" includes characters from the Poole family of the Xeelee series.
  15. Web site: Lois Tilton reviews Short Fiction, early December . . Lois . Tilton . Lois Tilton . December 7, 2010 . January 6, 2015.
  16. Web site: Book Review: Engineering Infinity (ed) Jonathan Strahan . Nigel . Seel . ScienceFiction.com . April 11, 2011 . January 6, 2015.
  17. Web site: Engineering Infinity, edited by Jonathan Strahan . Robert E. . Waters . Tangent . March 8, 2011 . January 6, 2015.
  18. Web site: How James Hutton rocked the world . . . 26 July 2003 . dead . https://archive.today/20240525204928/https://www.webcitation.org/66hMcEgm6?url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/how-james-hutton-rocked-the-world-1-657366 . 25 May 2024 .